Communications

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Wikimedia Foundation Communications Department

Communications is a Wikimedia Foundation department. The teams in the department lead the Foundation's efforts to openly and effectively share information — about the Wikimedia movement, the Wikimedia projects, and the Wikimedia Foundation's work itself — with a global audience including volunteer editors, site readers, and other stakeholders.

The Communications Department performs a variety of functions for the Foundation, such as maintaining relationships with the media, producing content for the Wikimedia Foundation website, managing the community blog Diff and Wikimedia's social media platforms, facilitating communications with Wikimedia communities, informing research into emerging global audiences, developing creative materials, and coordinating campaigns to engage new audiences for Wikimedia's projects.

The Chief Communications Officer and leader of the department is Anusha Alikhan.

You can connect with the department by emailing talktocomms(_AT_)wikimedia.org or leaving a message on our talk page.

Department overview

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Cross-departmental collaborations

Brand Studio team

External Communications team

Internal Communications team

  • Supporting communications within the Wikimedia Foundation

Movement Communications team

Program Management team

  • Exploring continuous improvement opportunities, challenges, and inter- and intra-departmental dependencies
  • Liaising within and across different departments and teams, e.g., Advancement, Product, Partnerships
  • Developing, tracking, and assessing metrics for the department
  • Monitoring and tracking department belonging


Staff and contractors

Chief Communications Officer

English
AAlikhan (WMF)
aalikhan(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Brand Studio

Director of Brand

English
ZMcCune (WMF)
zmccune(_AT_)wikimedia.org
ZMcCune
Zacharymccune


Corli de Kock (she/her)
Senior Brand Strategist

English
CDekock-WMF


Brand Collaboration Lead

English
TElias (WMF)
telias(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Brand Associate

English
Selsharbaty (WMF)
selsharbaty(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Visual Designer

English
BFlores (WMF)
bflores(_AT_)wikimedia.org
BFlores


Senior Manager, Global Brand

Johannesburg, South Africa
UTC+2
English
MMatsetela (WMF)
mmatsetela(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Multimedia Designer

English
JMcRae-WMF


Marina Ramos (she/her)
Senior Copywriter

English
MRamos (WMF)
mramos(_AT_)wikimedia.org


External Communications

Senior Director, External Communications

English
NNawaz-WMF


Integrated Marketing Specialist

English
AAnton-WMF
aanton(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Gabrielle Basha (she/her)
Executive Communications Associate

English
GBasha-WMF


Senior Marketing Specialist

English
BCamarda (WMF)
bcamarda(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Senior Digital Experience Specialist

English
SCampos-WMF
scampos(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Senior Communications Manager
Ed Erhart (he/him)
Communications Specialist
Lead Communications Specialist

English
VGoyal (WMF)


Head of Audience Insights

English
AHemmer (WMF)
ahemmer(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Communications Specialist

English
BKandek (WMF)


Analyst III

English, German, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, and Turkish
FLin-WMF
flin(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Lead Communications Specialist
Segun Oworu (he/him)
Senior Lifecycle Insights Analyst

English
SOworu (WMF)
soworu(_AT_)wikimedia.org
soworu


Lucas Pasqual (he/him)
Senior Social Media Specialist
Public Policy Communications Specialist

English
LPulecio-WMF


Olga Spingou (she/her)
Senior Manager, Integrated Marketing

English, French, Greek, and Spanish
OSpingou (WMF)
ospingou(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Internal Communications

Evelyn Mwangi (she/her)
Director, Internal Communications

English
EMwangi (WMF)


Internal Communications Lead

Movement Communications

Mayur Paul (he/him)
Senior Director, Movement Communications

UTC+1 / UTC+0
English, Hindi, Italian, Panjabi, and Urdu
MPaul (WMF)
mpaul(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Rae Adimer (they/them)
Movement Communications Associate

English
RAdimer-WMF
radimer-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCVermont
Vermont


Aida Akhmedova (she/her)
Facilitator

English
AAkhmedova (WMF)
aakhmedova(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Giselle Bordoy (she/her)
Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Latin America)

UTC-3
English and Spanish
GBordoy (WMF)
gbordoy-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Oscar Costero (he/him)
Facilitator, Latin America (Spanish)

English
Oscar . (WMF)
oscar-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Oscar .


Community Relations Specialist

English
Trizek (WMF)
bevellin(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Trizek-WMF
Trizek


Lead Community Relations Specialist

English
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
sgrabarczuk(_AT_)wikimedia.org
sgrabarczuk
Tar Lócesilion


Product Ambassadors Manager

English
Johan (WMF)
jjonsson(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCJohanJ
Johan
Julle


Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Africa)

English
WKabinte-WMF


Chris Koerner (he/him)
Senior Movement Communications Specialist

Midwestern United States
English
CKoerner (WMF)
ckoerner(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCCkoerner_WMF
CKoerner_WMF
Ckoerner


Lead Movement Communications Specialist

San Francisco, United States
UTC-8 / UTC-7
English, Portuguese, and Spanish
ELappen (WMF)
elappen(_AT_)wikimedia.org
elappen-WMF
Elena.laps


Community Relations Specialist

Rome, Italy
UTC+1
Italian, English, and Neapolitan
Sannita (WMF)
sannita(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Sannita
Sannita


Senior Manager, Global Movement Communications

English
BMbambo (WMF)
bmbambo(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Blkstar


Senior Manager, Movement Communications

English
LMccabe (WMF)


Facilitator

UTC+9
Japanese and English
JNakayama-WMF
jnakayama-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Uzoma Ozurumba (she/her)
Community Relations Specialist

English
UOzurumba (WMF)
uozurumba(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCuzoma
UOzurumba
Uzoma Ozurumba


Facilitator

English
MPossoupe (WMF)
mpossoupe-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCmahuton
Mh-3110
Mah3110


Manager, Movement Communications

Canada
English, French, Persian, and Spanish
MPourzaki (WMF)
mpourzaki(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Amal Ramadan (she/her)
Senior Community Relations Specialist

English
ARamadan-WMF
aramadan(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Rachit Sharma (he/him)
Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (South Asia)

English, Hindi, and Punjabi
RASharma (WMF)


Senior Manager, Movement Communications

English, French, Spanish, and Xhosa
KStineRowe (WMF)
kstinerowe(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Europe)

Poznań, Poland
UTC+1 / UTC+2
English, Polish, and Spanish
NSzafran-WMF
nszafran(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Magalia


Sandister Tei (she/her)
Community Relations Specialist

English
STei (WMF)
stei(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCSandiooses
STei-WMF
Sandiooses


Benedict Udeh (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist

English
Udehb-WMF
budeh-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Udehb-WMF
Udehb


Senior Strategist, Communications

United States
English
GVarnum-WMF
gvarnum(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCVarnent
Varnent
Varnent


Nick Wilson (he/him)
Senior Community Relations Specialist

English
Quiddity (WMF)
nwilson(_AT_)wikimedia.org
IRCquiddity
Quiddity
Quiddity


Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (MENA)

Arabic, English, French, and Hebrew
MYacoubCriner-WMF
myacoubcriner(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Rosa Zamora (she/her)
Program Manager

English
RZamora-WMF
rzamora-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org


Program Management

Carla Casilli (she/her)
Senior Manager, Program Management

English
CCasilli (WMF)
ccasilli(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Euniat


Amba Priya Dube (she/her)
Project Manager

English
APDube-WMF


Senior Creative Project Manager

English, French, Japanese, and Russian
LTraer (WMF)
ltraer(_AT_)wikimedia.org
LTraer


See also